Between rivers and mountainsTry observing
Water shapes the garden at Piellas
Among the clipped shrubs, there are other paths to follow.
Landscape and garden · Painzela
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- Draws three spaces: garden, forest and field of cultivation.
- It adds two tanks and the stream as elements mentioned in the description.
- It uses dashed lines where the exact connection is not known: drawing is an interpretation, not a farm map.
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Read the landscape through the plantsTry observing
Honeysuckle finds room at the edge
Between hedge and woodland, another habitat awaits.
Flora · name mentioned locally and general species ecology
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- On an accessible path, compare the vegetation of the edge with that of the interior of the forest.
- Notice the shade and proximity of water; you do not need to identify or harvest plants to compare environments.
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Between rivers and mountainsTry observing
The landscape follows a rhythm of rain and warmth
The same place tells different stories throughout the year.
Climate of the municipality · characterization in the report of 2025
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- Choose a point you know and write down the date of each observation.
- Register what you see in water and vegetation, without turning a single day into a conclusion about the climate.
- Compare two observations from different months. You can also compare photographs of your already dated ones.
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Travel through timeTry observing
The last light told a story
A red light showed that the train was complete.
Tâmega Line · object presented by the Museum in June 2024
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- Draws a locomotive followed by carriages and a last vehicle.
- Mark the position of the tail headlamp and identify the colour described at the source.
- Compare your task to the pier lamp in the related reading. Two lights can transmit information or illuminate different spaces.
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Life you do not always seeTry observing
Resting wings offer a clue
Dragonflies and damselflies do not rest in the same way.
General biology · dragonflies and damselflies, without a confirmed local record
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- If you find a landed insect, watch it from a distance.
- Compare wing position with text clues.
- Register the doubt instead of assigning a species only by color.
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Life you do not always seeTry observing
From flower to flower, a shared task
Pollination involves far more than honeybees.
Ecology · general context for observation
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- Choose a small group of flowers that you can observe from the way. Stay a few minutes away without touching the plants or insects.
- Count the visits you can follow, distinguishing a visit from an individual: the same insect can return.
- A visit to the flower doesn't in itself prove that pollen was transferred.
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Between rivers and mountainsTry observing
Two rivers tell a parish’s story
The 1758 account describes Rio Douro between east and west.
Rio Douro · Parish memories of 1758
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- Draw two streams of water from north to south and identify the spring side and the west side.
- Add the exit to the Tâmega referred to in the testimony.
- Write 1758 in the drawing: it is an interpretation of the account, without scale or indication of path.
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A world beneath the leavesTry observing
Gills, pores and other shapes
Not every cap has the same pattern underneath.
General knowledge · national guide
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- In the photographs and descriptions linked to reading, compare the surfaces under the hats: what difference do you see between blades and pores?
- Draw both forms side by side. You can do this activity at home without picking or turning into mushrooms.
- Write a question that the photograph does not allow to answer. The observed form does not determine whether a mushroom is edible.
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Between rivers and mountainsTry observing
Wood, stone and coir on the banks of the Peio
At Ranha, restoring the river also meant choosing materials.
Abadim · intervention in Peio in 2017
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- Split a leaf into two parts: river bank and support spaces.
- Distributes the elements of the intervention by the two groups.
- Compares the objectives: to stabilize, recover vegetation and welcome people. A single space can gather different functions.
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Read the landscape through the plantsTry observing
Strawberry tree, carqueja and gorse
Between the trees and fields, another landscape awaits.
Common names used in the source
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- In a landscape design, use different symbols for trees, shrubs and fields.
- Compare the spots: where you find continuity and where there are intervals? You can do the exercise from a photograph.
- Choose one of the plans of this story and open the related reading to discover a detail.
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Between rivers and mountainsTry observing
In summer, the water took other paths
Irrigation channels linked river flows to work in the fields.
Rio Douro · water uses in 1758
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- Draw a river and a channel that drifts to the fields.
- Add a mill as another use of the water referred to in the document.
- Compare the design with the history of Levada de Víbora: what elements are repeated and what information belong to different times?
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A world beneath the leavesTry observing
The mushroom is only one part
There is a network we do not always see.
General knowledge · national guide
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- Draw a network of wires on paper and, above, a mushroom.
- Tick the net as mycelium and choose a wire to represent a hyphae.
- Use the drawing as a scheme: it does not represent the shape or size of a real fungus.
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